Button-securing means



June 12, 1928. f 1,613,460

-M. KAPILIAN BUTTON SECURING MEANS Filed March 31, 1927 *i 4 Wl/ /////A .smal/(MA /6 /f attorney and which may be applied tol such buttonsk Patented June 12, 1928.

UNITED N STATES PATENT* OFFICE.

IIENDEIJy KAPILIAN, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR T HERMAN BAUER, OF NEW YORK1 N. Y. i

l BUTTON-SECURING :WHEN-LNB;y w m Q Application filed March 31, 1927.` Serial No. 180,00?. i

This invention relates to improvements in button securing means and more particularly` to means for securing a button Ato a*k fur or fabric coat in alirm and substantial the necessity of sewing `on `the button4 orA using tape for holdingk the same in place. As is well known to those familiar with the art, it is extremely diiiicult to secure but` tons to fur coats without danger of them tearing loose and also tearing the `fur as well. There is accordingly provided by. the present invention a simpleand practical device which will permit the button to be easily and quickly attached to the coat and at the same time provide aV sufficiently large backing to prevent the button vfrom being torn loose with theU consequent danger of damage to the material. i i

A further object is to provide a button attaching or securing means, `which means may be [inexpensively manufactured,and`

involverelatively few parts whichvmay be easily assembled.

A further object is to provide an attachment :torA buttons adapted-for yuse with most of the diiferent types of buttons now in use without theuse. of special toolseither by the maker of the coat or the subsequenty user. f

Other objects will` be in part obvious and in parthereinafter pointed out in connection with the accompanying sheet of drawings illustrating one of various possible embodiments of t-he invention, and in the several views of which correspondingr parts are indicated by similar reference characters.

In these drawings- Fig. 1 is a general View showing the attachment in open position.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view showing the button applied to a piece of fur or fabric indicating the garment to which the button is to be applied. i

Fig. `3 is a view similar to Fig. 1 showing the parts in closed position.

Figs. 4 and 5 are detail sectional views.

Referring now to the drawings in detail and particularly Fig. 1, 10 and 11 indicate i Referring toy Fig.

Vtwo similarly shaped, relatively fiat, sheet metalmembers substantially semi-circular in shape with agmaximum length of approximately one inch.

shown in detail in'Fig. 5. Each of these These two vmembers are hinged together at one end by means of a pin or preferably a `tubular rivet 12l as parts are provided along their `straight edges with indentations 13 and 14 separated f by a` protection or `tongue 15 and at their ends, opposite the `.pin or rivet` 12, v with coacting latch members. Ofcourse, any `desired form of latchmay be used butfor ineisr eXpensivene-ss and convenience in manufacture, it is preferred to provide the part 10, for example, with an opening 16 "adapted to coact with a punched-up lug 17 as shown in detail in Fig. .4; i

` 2, there is indicated a button `18 provided with a shank 20. This shank 2O is usually of circular shape and formed ofy wire, for example, the endsy of which wire are firmly` secured 0r imbedded in the material rconstituting the body of the button.

,i Vhen the partsare assembled, a small hole is punched thru `the fur indicated at 21, and the shank .20 is passed therethru. The securing -plate,.ld`ig.v 1, is then placed onxthe opposite side of the. fur in open position and moved to the position shown in Fig. 3, whereupon both coacting tongues 15 pass thru the opening inthe shank 20, and the hole 16 snaps over the punched-up lug 17, thus latching or holding the parts firmly" in "secured position. By 'having two tongues 15, [one overlapping .the other, `as shown in Fig.` 3, the eye of the shank 20 is substantially filled, thus preventing a eel ing of looseness to thebutton when it is in secured position, and adding further strength in accomplishing the desired object. The combined *parts 10 and 11 are of,

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and with the shank of the button, the cost of manufacture is materially reduced, inasmuch as the same machine will manufacture either by the manufacturer `of tlie coat or asubsequent user. y f

From the above, it will be seen' that the present invention provides a simple and A practical button securing device suitable for use with most ofthe buttons now in einy eralfuse in the trade, which device may be inexpensively' manufactured, assembled and arphed.;

'1. An article of manuicture'ofthe characterdescribed,y comprising; two matin plates; pivotally connected near 'one end an( i having avlatch connection;near` ,thef other end, and coop`erati`ngindentation and a. tongue on' eacliof saidplates" adapted to en; gage the shank" off a button.

2. Anv article of manufacture'o the character described, comprising two semi-circular plates pivotally connected` near their ends, andA litcli' mechanism"` near their opposite ends, the adacentfsurfacesof 'said platesfheing provide with meafnsadapted to [engage in and cooperate with the shank of abut?, ton. i

In combination wtha button having a. shank, a." securing means 'adapted toV cooperate therewith comprising tivo relatively mov--4 abler members, eachvprovidedfwitli means ada ted" to engage in and cooperatewith sai shank' 'L' K f 4. In combination jwithfa button having a. Shania:y forming an eye,l a securing means adapted` to cooperate therewith comlnlrising two relatively movable members, eac ,proivided "with` means A adapted to. cooperate, with saidshanliisaid means including aprojecton on each 4member adapted to engage in the eye ofthe shank. 'i v 5. In combination with a button having the usual shank forming an eye, a seourin means adapted-tor cooperateiwitlrsadrshan and', on the opposite side of the material to which the button is secured,V comprising two relatively movable plates each provided with a projection for engaging in the e e of said shank,` and means for holding sai plates in closed engaging relation.

6.k Inl combination with a button; having,y

the usual slrank'formingancyc, a securing devicecooperating with saidy shankon the opposite' side of the material to' wliichlsuid button is applied, comprising two semilcrcular plates'fpivotally Aconnected-i near one end whereby tlieyinay'r be movedintopartialL ly overlapping relation,; andl `havingj ifnd'e'nta# tions formedI the adjacent edgesthereof in' which said shank flies, and cooperating tonguesextendingbetween said' indentations and project-ing in the eye otV the shank, durfa ing such overlap )inge relation; andi means near their opposi e ends fbrf holding said plates in overlapping relatiorrin' engagement withy said shank."

'7. In combination! withl w button having the usual shanlr-r forming an@ eye, a: securing device cooperatin 'with s11id"'shar1l1r` on the oppositesidepf't ,ematenialf to which' said i' button isappliedi,` comprising two semi-cirs cular lates pivotalltyfconnected near oneend whereby they may bei moved' i'ntof partial-ly overlapping'reletion, andf h-wvi'ngl indentations 'formed/in 'the' ad '"acent edges tliereo in which said shank` hes; andl ycooperating tongues extendingbetween saidx indentations and projecting in the eye oftlie'shank, dur-v ingl sugli" overlapping relation, and3 means near their opposite endsfor holding said plates inoverla ping relation in. engagement withsaid shank,y sai-d last mentioned means' comprising a Aproiectionf on; one plate adapted* to engagea recess on the other. f

Signed Vat New York, ,o New York, thisf 29 day of Marchb192.' z o 'p 

